Steam-table



(No Model.) 2 SheetsSheet 2.

P. LANAGAN.

STEAM TABLE.

No. 246,018. Patented Ailg. 23,1881.

FIG. 5.

Fries.

PATENT FRANK LANAGAN, OF PORTLAND, MAINE.

STEAM- TABLE.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,018, dated August 23, 1881.

Application filed May 2, 1681. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK LANAGAN, of Portland, in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Steam-Tables; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it a-ppertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the aceom pan yin g drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is atop plan. Fig.3is an end elevation, partly in section.

The same letters show like parts.

This invention relates to steam-tables for the keeping of articles of cooked food warm after cooking and in fit state to be delivered to the dining-room.

Myinvention consists in the combination of a table having a box, a, an air-space, b, certain steam-pipes, c, with dishes havingjointed covers, as herein described; also, in the combination of the dishes d with peculiarly-constructed covers 0, hereinafter to be described.

A shows a table having a box, a, in whichare the coils c of steam-pipe, extending the length, or nearly so, of the box. The steam is admitted by the valve f, and passing through the coil makes its exit. For instance, ellttlP.

the two sides and two ends, are the ends and sides of the table A.

The cover of the box a has apertures to receive the dishes (I. The dishes have depressions z for the reception of gravies. The dishes are removable.

The dish-covers are made in two parts, united by the links or hinges] on the two sides of the two halves or parts. This arrangement keeps the two parts in position when the whole dish is covered up, as at 1, Figs. 1 and 2; or they support one-halt when elevated, as seen at 2 in Figs. 1 and 2, or when onehalt' is turned to an upright position, as seen at 3, Figs. 1 and 2.

Keeping the steam confined in the coils,instead of allowing it to enter into the box a, is both more economical and convenient.

My arrangement or' the box it enables it to be kept hot at less expense than when unprotected or when steam is let freelyinto it. The covers are very convenient, because, where meat is carved in the dishes, only so much is uncovered or exposed as the carver is cutting at any time.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the table A, having the box a, air-space I), and pipes c, with dishes, (I, having jointed covers, as herein set forth.

2. In combination with suitable dishes, d, the jointed covers, having the. links or hinges j, as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK LANAGAN.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM HENRY CLIFFORD, JOHN P. KERRIGAN. 

